What the heck is "image/pjpeg"??? [Archive]

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mlse

12-01-2005, 03:49 PM

I have written some HTML code to upload images to my server via a form ... under IE6.0, the mime type of the uploaded image is sometimes sent to the server as "image/pjpeg".

I've modified my code to account for this seemingly wierd mime type ... but does anyone know what it is and why IE does it?

eak

12-02-2005, 03:49 AM

I noticed that too. I think its progressive jpeg.

mlse

12-02-2005, 12:14 PM

Ok, that makes sense!

Following that bit of info, I found the following description of it: http://www.faqs.org/faqs/jpeg-faq/part1/section-11.html

Hey! I just gave myself some information regarding my own question ... clearly, the only two people here who are schizophrenic are myself and I ... :eek: